The Premier League London derby against Chelsea 2-4 defeat to Arsenal once again sent warmth, the team's three away defeats are also gifts to the team in urgent need of points, the team lost to the promotion of MaBrentford to completely get rid of the relegation zone. Losing to Real Madrid is also equivalent to sending opponents to promotion, this round of matches is also a key game for Arsenal to compete for four battles, and losing points may be threatened by Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, and winning can take advantage, because the team has an advantage of one round less than Manchester United.
Although Chelsea are currently in third place with 62 points in the first round of the game, five points more than toadspur in fourth place, and the subsequent stop-off can stabilize the third position, the team still cannot take it lightly, because the subsequent schedule also has a game against Manchester United, and the Red Devils also need to qualify for European games, so Turch still needs to stabilize the defense. In this game, Christensen and Azpilicueta have given gifts one after another, and the captain's instability is even more emotional, and how important the derby is to keep sending points.
The captain is also the leader of the team, and such a mistake cannot be easily ignored. Looking back at the recent games that lost points, the team 1-4 Brentford, 1-3 Real Madrid, this game 2-4 Arsenal, the middle three consecutive wins only one game is 3-2 Real Madrid, leading 3 goals in the case of losing 2 goals regrettably out of the game also revealed the problem of the team's defense. The Chelsea defence has some minor adjustments in these three losened games, and the starting defenders in the game against the promotion are Mendy, Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Alonso started, and the next two generals were not far from the siege, resulting in a goal loss, and there were many times when the defense was not in place, and it was indeed a shame to lose four goals.
The defensive starters who lost to Real Madrid were Mendy, Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Christensen, Azpilicueta, but the goalkeeper and Rudiger passed the ball with low-level mistakes to send points, and the overall defense had many problems, and Christensen was replaced by Kovac in the 46th minute, which also showed that the performance of the starters was also unsatisfactory. The starters of the round were Mendy, Rees James, Christensen, Sal, Azpilicueta, Christensen was again replaced by Thiago Silva in the 46th minute, and Sal's slump was indeed more unsatisfactory, but the manager gave him the opportunity to play the whole game.
At present, the team's schedule is only the league, because the final of the cup will start in mid-May, this round is a derby to continue the start of the previous game is also OK, the confidence of the most injured player in the halftime substitution, if you do not trust him, don't give him a chance to start, because Christensen has basically decided to leave the team at the end of the season, and it is normal not to give the opportunity. In fact, if the strongest lineup is sacrificed in this game, if you are more in awe of the opponent, you may be able to avoid losing.
It is also wrong to have Havertz and Jorginho substitute in this game, and if the offensive end can break first, perhaps the pressure on the defensive line will be weakened. Lukaku has been particularly hungry for goals in recent times, as the team has blossomed more points and as the first striker really deserves to score more goals. Lukaku gave his teammates a chance to shoot in the opening stage, and he also had a shot that was unfortunately deflected. After the team missed the opportunity, Christensen sent a point due to a pass error, and Nketiah snatched the goal to score against the goalkeeper.
Chelsea responded quickly, as Cheek then gave Werner the ball after stealing, who quickly equalised, but was unable to stop the defence from continuing to go wrong. Arsenal's second goal was still an opportunity created after the break at the back, so the confidence of the away team was also improved. Chelsea's second goal in the first half was Mount's choice to cross the box to assist Azpilicueta's push into the goal.
In the second half, the back line was adjusted but did not prevent the team from continuing to concede goals, in fact, the second half of the first half was in place, it was okay not to make adjustments, What Tuchelwan did not expect was that Christensen was replaced, Sal blocked the ball back to Thiago Silva's unblocked ball, Nketia faced Mendy and attacked the goal again, Sal was equivalent to sending an assist, this goal was more deadly.
Havertz then failed to score a goal, but conceded another goal in the face of a strong attack. It was also because it was impossible to attack for a long time, so in injury time, Azpilicueta sent a penalty for a foul on Saka in the penalty area, and Chelsea naturally had no chance to equalize after two goals. In fact, Sal can play in the middle and lower reaches of the team, and the derby should not be given the opportunity to appear, which is also a mistake in Tuchel's use.
Last season, Tuchel's first game against Arsenal after his mid-way succession was a 1-0 loss at home, and then the warm-up match before the start of the season beat Arsenal 2-1, and the first league meeting of the season was 2-0 to defeat the opponent, but these two games were away games, when people think that Chelsea won a lot in this round of matches, Turch's Chelsea lost to Arsenal at home for the second time, and the recent home game is indeed worrying.
Although Rudiger has repeatedly scored goals or assisted the savior, there are also very unstable times, Silva is too old to be able to start the field, the captain is like the former, the only one who has high hopes is Christensen centrifugal overwhelmed, so Chelsea's defense really needs to be strengthened. At present, only James is relatively stable, but there are also injury effects, and it is a pity that other young teams have not gained the trust of the manager. Chelsea's next fixture is home against West Ham, a team that has been in the top four this season and is a difficult team to deal with, so Tuchel should really think about the starting line of the defence.